Disney Acquistion Will Not Affect Star Wars 1313

With today's announcement that Disney is purchasing Lucas Film for $4 billion dollars, many fans of the Star Wars video games were left wondering what this would mean for LucasArts' internal development studios currently working on Star Wars 1313, and quite possibly the rumored Star Wars: Frontline Assault. We reached out to LucasArts and received the following statement:

For the time being all projects are business as usual. We are excited about all the possibilities that Disney brings.

For any further information, LucasArts is simply directing people towards today's official press release. Disney's CEO Bob Iger, speaking on a conference call regarding the buyout, has stated that the company will now focus more on mobile and social development than consoles going forward. Though, as Tech Crunch notes, he also said they'd pursue console games "opportunistically," licensing out the franchise to other companies. We will update the story as any more information becomes available.

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